She is funny! Or possibly mentally ill – perhaps a bit overly obsessed with her dumpling? Anyway, tee hee hee! A good story with non-threatening and quite pudgy oni.

Two things struck me about the art in this book. The first is the simple line drawings that show events in the world above while the woman is underground. It’s an interesting way to show the remoteness of the other world, and then, once she’s back up again, the underground world is in the line drawing now. The second is the mottled drip texture used for the underground world, especially strikingly on the Jizo statues. It evokes age and wetness really strongly.

A very fun book